Arctic Monkeys named Headliner Of The Year at 2014 European Festival Awards


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Alex Turner & Nick O'Malley, Arctic Monkeys (Photo: Live4ever Media)

Arctic Monkeys have added the European Festival Headliner Of The Year Award to the same prize they won at the UK Festival Awards last month.

The Sheffield band saw off competition from Atoms For Peace, Björk, Blur, DieToten Hosen, Editors, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nine Inch Nails, Queens Of The Stone Age and The xx to claim the prize at last night’s (January 15th) ceremony in the Netherlands.




Elsewhere, Daft Punk‘s smash-hit ‘Get Lucky‘ won Anthem Of The Year, EXIT picked up the Best Major Festival gong and the Berlin Festival was presented with the Best Line-Up prize.

2014 European Festival Awards winners:

Innovation Award
Paleo Festival

Best New Festival
B.my.Lake

Festival Anthem Of The Year
Daft Punk – ‘Get Lucky’

Best Indoor Festival
Metal Hammer Paradise

Green Operations Award
Way Out West

Best European Festival Line-Up
Berlin Festival

Newcomer Of The Year
Imagine Dragons

Artist’s Favourite European Festival
Lowlands

Headliner Of The Year
Arctic Monkeys

Promoter Of The Year
FKP Scorpio

Best Small Festival
FUSION Festival

Best Medium-Sized Festival
Melt! Festival

Best Major Festival
EXIT Festival

Lifetime Achievement Award
Marek Lieberberg


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